'Emancipations. Foto Colectania Collection' Exhibition
7 September 2026 – 4 February 2027 · 11:00
Fundació Privada Foto Colectania, Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera, Ciutat Vella
A new reading of the Foto Colectania Collection, curated by Florian Ebner, head of the Photography Department at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The exhibition explores how photography accompanied the transformation of Spanish society and the evolution of the photographic medium itself, placing Spanish photography in dialogue with the great narratives of European modernity. It tells the story of two emancipations: that of Spanish society, which left behind a paternalistic model and set out towards modernity after the Second World War and the end of the Franco regime; and that of the photographic medium, which moved from its informational function and small formats to the creation of ambitious, large-scale and more contemplative images. The narrative unfolds in chapters organised chrono-thematically, allowing connections between different generations of artists and offering new readings of the collection. How the works are presented is central to the exhibition's conceptual framework. Through the dialogue between photographs hung vertically on the wall and photographs and ephemera laid horizontally on tables, the exhibition raises questions about what we understand by an exhibition…
Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona · checked on 2 November 2026